The Dutch playmaker appeared to use his arm to control Emmanuel Adebayor âs 40th minute cross before smashing home Spursâ opener.

Aaron Ramsey equalised for the Gunners early in the second-half, but Kyle Walkerâs drive from 25 yards managed to creep through a disappointed Wojciech Szczesny and hand Spurs another derby win.

After the match, Hoddle, who made 377 appearances for the White Hart Lane outfit, claimed he felt Van Der Vaartâs goalshould nothave been ruled out, and went on to criticize the positioning of Arsenal right-back Bacary Sagna.

Riled by the comments, the injured Wilshere took to Twitter to vent his frustrations.

âGlenn Hoddle is the most biased pundit around….handball is handball does not matter where the right back is!!!!!!!!!â wrote the angry 19-year-old.

Goal scorer Van der Vaart unsurprisingly seemed content to gloss over the handball debate, simply writing on his Twitter page: âGreat win over Arsenal today, very happy with my goal to help the team! Thanks for all the support guys!!â